{"id":51693,"date":"2026-04-22T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=51693"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:01:15","slug":"character-in-iphone-password-removed-from-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/character-in-iphone-password-removed-from-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Character in iPhone Password Removed From Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/04\/12\/ios_passcode_bug\/\">Connor Jones<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=47737383\">Hacker News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/iphone\/comments\/1odyvs1\/locked_iphone_because_special_character\/\">Reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/04\/12\/ios_passcode_bug\/\">\n<p>A university student in the US is in data limbo after Apple removed a character from its Czech keyboard, preventing him from entering his iPhone passcode.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>This is because iOS 18 was the last operating system version that allowed iPhone users to enter the special character &#x2013; in this case, the caron\/h&aacute;&#x10D;ek (&#x2C7;) &#x2013; using the old keyboard on the lock screen.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The student has not backed up the files to iCloud either, so they cannot be retrieved via a separate device. Apple support staff have suggested the only way to regain access to the iPhone 13 is by restoring it, which would erase the files of value.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple Support arranged for Byrne to attend a Genius Bar appointment, where the staffer behind the desk made no progress and even started restoring the phone without seeking the student&rsquo;s consent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>My first thought was to plug in a USB keyboard, but apparently iOS doesn&rsquo;t allow that before first unlock for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/29\/mac-wont-accept-correct-login-password\/\">Mac Won&rsquo;t Accept Correct Login Password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor Jones (Hacker News, Reddit): A university student in the US is in data limbo after Apple removed a character from its Czech keyboard, preventing him from entering his iPhone passcode. [&#8230;] This is because iOS 18 was the last operating system version that allowed iPhone users to enter the special character &#x2013; in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-04-23T01:22:59Z","apple_news_api_id":"e1d346a9-e958-45e3-8709-f10735c2aa93","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-04-23T01:22:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A4dNGqelYReOHCfEHNcKqkw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[58,1016,31,2741,423,981,48,258],"class_list":["post-51693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-appleretailstores","tag-datacide","tag-ios","tag-ios-26","tag-keyboard","tag-passwords","tag-security","tag-unicode"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51694,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51693\/revisions\/51694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}